The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-26
Where Reform is Needed.

The hardships suffered by the sewing
women in New York have lately been
brought prominently before the public by
the newspapers. A state of affairs has been
presented which ought to appeal so forci-
bly, to the better impulses Of employers as to
bring about some relief for these poorly
paid and hard working toilers whose earn
ings barely enable them to elk out
an existence. The woman who, for mere
pittance, plies her needle all day, and even
late into the night, finds the path of honest
toll thorny one, and her experience is rem
dered more bitter by the reflection that
while her skill with the needle is bringing
her only a mite, it is adding many dollars
to her employers purse. The term "whlte
slave" as applied to her, expresses very
well the condition of the class of workers to
which she belongs,
|. On the other hand, take the picture of
opulence and ease presented in the daily
lives of the rich men of New York, who
have their magnificent houses, their famous
picture galleries, their private yachts, their
stables of fast horses and their luxuries of
every description, and whose chief
occupation, in many instances, is to
find way of spending their
princely incomes Here is an example: An
unmarried man with yearly income rang
ing from $40, 900 to $50, 900 has no business
at all, but devotes his intellect entirely to
devising means of spending the money that
flows in upon him. His apartments consist
of several elegantly furnished rooms,
fortune is annually squandered on dress,
and every pleasure that money can com
mand is brought within his grasp.
This mans income is not an uncommon
one There are those who could buy him
out many times. 1t Is true that the money
so lavishly spent helps the toilers by afford
ing them occupation, but it is too often the
case that the middle-man gets the great
portion of tue benefit from it by utilizing
the skill and genius of wage-workers with
out adequately remunerating them.
The Tallapoosa Journal accuses the New
York Herald wrongfully in saying that
that paper has entered upon a general war
on the prosperous cities of the new South.
1.-TWO weeks ago." says the Journal, sit
opened fire on Birmingham, Ala, and the
South in general, followed by an attack on
Tallapoosa, and, we learn, is preparing ar
ticles on all the leading progressive cities
of this section Whether the Herald was
right or wrong in its forecast of Talla-
poosa's future is question that time alone
will settle. 1t is quite certain, however,
that that paper is and has been one of the
most liberal to the South that is published
outside of this section. 1t is liberal in its
political views, and has repeatedly shown
its interest in Southern progress. In short
it is one of the best friends the South has.
Can't the Street and Lane COMMITTEES
strain point and continue the proposed as
phalt paving on Bull street from State
street to the Parkl II the sidewalks were
widened to the standard width, and grass
parkings made so as to reduce the carriage
way to twenty-five or thirty feet, the work
would not cost the city a very large sum-
1t would give Savannah an avenue in which
every citizen would feel a pride. Bull
streets beautiful little squares and rows of
stately trees make it one of the handsomest
streets in the country.
II is hard to tell which paper is the more
enthusiastic for Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Whitelaw
Reds Tribune or Mr.. Patrick Ford's Irish
World. 1t seems impossible TO anyone to
transcend the Sudden enthusiasm Of the
Tribune for the ''man from Maine,p but
that is what Mr.. Patrick Ford is trying TO
do. These gentlemen should be careful to
get "a free ballot and fair count" in this
contest, and may the best man win.
Circuit Judges in New York receive sala-
ries ranging from 81 600 to $4,000 year.
They probably do no more and no better
work than Georgia Superior Court Judges,
who get only $1,000. Judges salaries in
this State ought to be made an issue in next
summers legislative campaign